Inlaid street directional and instruction sign



Nov. 6, 1928'. 1,690,842

A. P.. SANNA INLAID STREET DIRECTIONAL AND INSTRUCTION SIGN,

' pFiled Sept. 5, .1927 Q r Ni'ENfoR 4 1,; um 11, 5

Patented Nov. 6, 1928.

UNITED STATES.

- ALFRED P. SANNA, OF NEW YORK, N.

INLAID STREET DIRECTIONAL AND INSTRUCTION SIGN.

Application filed September 3, 1927.- Serial No. 217,350.

This invention relates generally to improvements in streets and roads and has more particular reference to inlaid street level directional and instructional signs. The invention has for an object the provision of streets or roads with inlaid directional instructional signs of a durable character which are readily noticeable and easily readable.

It is customary practiceto paint directional and instructional signs on roads, but this system is quite faulty inasmuch as weather conditions and passing vehicles wear off the paint very readily.

This invention consists in forming the directional and instructional signs of bricks,

blocks, or other forms, which may be laid into the road. It is readily seen that signs thus formed in roads will not wear out very rapidly. Preferably the tops of the various symbols constituting the signs are flush with the top of road or street so as notto interfere with the smoothness of the road.

For further comprehension of the invention and of the objects and advantages thereof reference will be had to the following description and accompanying drawings and to the appended claims in which the various novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

In the accompanying drawing, forming a material part of this disclosure Fig. 1 is a fragmentary plan View of a street having the invention applied thereto.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged transverse vertical sectional view, taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary horizontal sectional view, taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4c is a fragmentary detail plan new of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary perspective view of the block, per se seen in Fig. 2.

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary perspective detail.

' viewof the core of the said block.

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of a block constructed according to this invention.

Fig. 8 is a perspective view of another block also constructed according to this invention.

The reference numeral 10 indicates generally a street having car tracks 11 thereon and curbs 12, and a cross street 13 is also shown. The streets comprise covering .material 30 on a base 31. Reversible inlaid blocks 14 and 14; are shown in the street 10. The tops of these-inlaids are flush with the top of the street, as clearly seen in Fig. 2.

The inlaid block 14 indicates a safety zone for a car stop, and the inlaid 14 serves as an indication for a bus stop. The invention is not limited to these particular street signs or indications, and covers all different kinds of street signs and indicators for street traflic.

Each of these inlaid blocks has a central tore 15 preferably of metal and covering material 16 and 17 on the top and bottom thereof. This covering material is preferably of an asphalt compound and is held in place on the metal core by means of a plurality of tapered projections 18 integral with the core.

In the top covering material 16 or in both the top and bottom covering .materials 16 and 17 respectively, various letterings 19 are inlaid. A plurality of pegs 20 extend through the said inlaid -blocks and are slotted at their ends as at 21.

Each of the pegs has a side finger 22 movable in and projecting from a cavity 25 and engaging in a bracket 23 fixed in the street portions adjacent the said inlaid blocks. A screw driver may be inserted in the slots 21 and the pegs turned so that the fingers 22 disengage from the brackets and then the inlaid blocks may be lifted out from the street by insertion of a puller in threaded apertures 24 formed in the said blocks.

Different instructions may be on the top and bottom of the blocks and the blocks may be reinserted with their-bottom sides upwards so that the signs on the road may be changed as desired.

The blocks shown in Figs. 7 and 8 are constructed as above described. In Fig. 7 merely one letter is shown on the top face of the block. In Fig. 8 a block of exceptional length is shown.

While I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of the invention, it is to be understood that I do not limit myself to the precise construction herein disclosed and the right is reserved to all changes and modifications coming within the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention. what I claim as new and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent is: I I 1. A street or road comprising a base, coveringmaterial thereon, removable patches with instructions inlaid in the covering material, the tops of the patches beingfiush with the surface of the covering material and means for latching the patches in place, the patches being reversible so that the bottoms may be placed upwards to disclose other instructions on said bottom.

2. In combination with a street or road having cutout portions with brackets fixed in the sides bounding the cutouts, reversible patches adapted to fit into the cutouts so that the top facesalign with the road, pegs extending thru the patches and slotted at the ends, and side fingers projecting from the pegs and engageable with the'brackets in certain positions of the pegs, and free therefrom in other positions, for the purpose described. 1

3. In combination with a street or road having cutout portions with brackets fixed in the sides bounding the cutouts, reversible patches adapted to fit into the cutouts so that the top faces align with the road, and

having central metallic layers with covering material on the top andbottomthereof, egs extending thru the patches and slotted}: the

ends, and side fingers, projecting from the pegs and engageable with the brackets in certain positions of the pegs,- and free there-.

from in other positions, for the purpose described.

4. In combination with a street or road having cutout portions with brackets'fixed in the sides bounding the cutouts, reversible patches adapted to fit into the cutouts so that the top faces align with the road, and having ALFRED P. ,SANNA. J

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